raggy.
Raglike; like a rag.
Meaning & usage
Raglike; like a rag.
Scruffy; tending to dress in rags.
Similar in style to ragtime music.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English raggy, from Old English raggiġ; equivalent to rag + -y.
Foggy, misty (and typically cold), with drizzling rain.
Where this word comes from
From rag + -y, rag being a dialectal (northern England) word for a fog or mist with drizzling rain, related to dialectal Danish rag (“sea vapour”). Compare roke, rawk, from a word for smoke (compare Swedish rök (“smoke”)), which may or may not be related.
Alternative form of ragi (“finger millet”).
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